Residents mount Mass patrols to combat rural crime

A small rural community on the Cork-Limerick border is taking unprecedented steps to combat rural crime.

Residents mount Mass patrols to combat rural crime

Locals are mounting patrols outside Masses to prevent break-ins to cars and visiting vulnerable people to offer advice on securing their homes and property.

People living in Glenroe, Co Limerick, which is northwest of Mitchelstown and nestled under the Galtee Mountains, were forced to set up patrols outside Mass after worshippers’ cars were broken into.

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